Organising Essentials is a three-day online training program for people from non-profit organisations and grassroots groups who want to explore a range of organising frameworks, tools and practices. It will suit those who are new to organising and those who want to refresh their thinking around organising, learn new approaches and sharpen their skills.
The program will cover the essential frameworks and practices to build people power, drawing on the latest research into effective community organising.
Organising Essentials will also connect you with a network of community organisers from across civil society with a chance to come together to workshop solutions to your organising challenges.
This program is delivered online.
OUTCOMES AND SKILLS
A suite of organising models and approaches
Learn how to assess your current organising practice and identify opportunities to move from mobilising to deep organising
How to create leadership opportunities in different organising structures
Core practices for organising including:
Relational conversations
Team and group development, and facilitation skills
Public and personal narrative
Persuasive conversations
Understanding and utilising the role of digital technology in community organising
Tools for developing effective and strategic actions for campaigns
How to embed effective organising into campaign strategy
Dates
Wednesday, 25 June — 10:00AM to 5:00PM AEST
Wednesday, 2 July — 10:00AM to 5:00PM AEST
Wednesday, 9 July — 10:00AM to 5:00PM AEST
COST
Cost for participation in the training is based in organisation type and revenue:
$400+GST | Small Non-Profit — For non-profits with an annual revenue of less than $500K.
$600+GST | Regular Non-Profit — For non-profits with an annual revenue between $500K-3 million.
$800+GST | Large Non-Profit — For non-profits with an annual revenue of more than $3 million.
$1000+GST | For-Profit | Education | B-Corp — For government bodies, education, social enterprises and organisations servicing the non-profit sector.
$400+GST | Individual — For individuals and grassroots organisers who are not affiliated by an organisation or movement.
To ensure more equitable access across our trainings and events, a limited number of full and partial scholarships ($170+GST) are available to grassroots advocates, community groups and start-up/small organisations. We welcome and prioritise scholarship applications from First Nations people, people with disability, people of colour, people with lived experience seeking asylum and unwaged changemakers. To apply for a scholarship, please complete an application here or contact Erica at erica@australianprogress.org.au.
TEAM REGISTRATIONS
Please note that due to the cohort-style format and peer-learning in the training, team registrations are limited to up to five people.
LEAD TRAINER
Anita Tang
Organising Director, Australian Progress
Anita is an advocacy advisor and campaign coach, and one of Australia’s most respected public health campaigners. She spent 12 years at Cancer Council NSW as Manager, Policy & Advocacy and Director of Health Strategies. She has played a leading role in securing federal and state support for tobacco control, cancer screening, and cancer survivors. She was awarded a Fellowship for the Stanford University Executive Program for Non-profit Leaders. Since 2015, Anita has been working with a range of NGO's advising on campaign strategy and community organising, along with leading the Progress Fellowship program.
ACCESSIBILITY
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Zoom - During the online sessions, we will be meeting via Zoom. If you have access to a computer or laptop, we recommend you join the training by computer to make navigating the materials easier. See here for accessibility documentation for Zoom; including a list of keyboard shortcuts here.
Video norms - During the online sessions, we will encourage everyone to have your cameras on if you feel comfortable, but we will not require you to do so.
Chat - On Zoom you will be able to use the chat function. Participants will be asked to introduce themselves in chat, and to enter responses in the chat.
Captions - We will have auto captions enabled in Zoom.
Google Docs and Digital Documents - We will be sharing training materials over Google Drive, Google Docs and Google Slides. All documents, forms, and surveys will be provided in accessible formats. During the pre-training we will use the screen share function to share slides, as well as navigating between Zoom and an interactive slide deck.
Early access to slides - A view-only version of the slide deck can be supplied early if this supports your participation. Any copies of the slides provided will include alt-text / image descriptions.
Post-training resources - We do not supply recordings from our online training as standard, but can record sections of the workshop if needed to facilitate your engagement. You will receive a copy of the presenter slide deck, interactive slide deck, and other resources. Where video or audio content is included during the training or in any of the resources, we will provide audio descriptions, captions or transcripts as needed.
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Setting norms - As a cohort, we will also set expectations at the start of the training to ensure everyone can comfortably participate in the workshop.
Breaks - Breaks will be organised regularly throughout the training including meal breaks.
Breakout rooms - This training regularly uses breakout rooms, with group sizes ranging from pairs, through to groups of 5-10 for discussions and workshop activities.
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Guest speakers - Any guest speakers and trainers will be notified about any access needs ahead of time, and we will do our best to ensure that speakers are briefed to ensure their presentations are accessible.
Other additional support - In the registration form, we will ask you for your access needs. If you require something in place that is not already arranged, or if you need more information about any part of the workshop, we will work with you to provide this.
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If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Community Manager Erica at erica@australianprogress.org.au.